scholarly journals Networked Enforcement in the Common Fisheries Policy through Data Sharing: Is There Room Left for Traditional Accountability Paradigms?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-537
Author(s):  
Federica CACCIATORE ◽  
Mariolina ELIANTONIO
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Control Agency ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is one of the ever-increasing policy areas that have witnessed the creation of forms of “networked enforcement”, meaning enforcement structures in which several national and EU authorities cooperate. Amongst those are a number of legal requirements and applications for sharing data on fisheries between national and European competent authorities. This form of networked enforcement casts some questions as regards the existence of corresponding accountability mechanisms, which serve to legitimate the enforcement activities in the CFP. The aim of this paper is to examine the networked enforcement mechanisms arising from the CFP, with a special focus on the data-sharing activities and the role of European Fisheries Control Agency as pivotal to the cooperation between national authorities, with a view to assessing the gaps of accountability arising from them, and analysing the possible alternative ways to provide the enforcement phase with legitimacy.

scholarly journals Digital Enforceable Contracts (DEC): Making Smart Contracts Smarter

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu-Chi Liu ◽  
Giovanni Sileno ◽  
Tom Van Engers
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Architectural Analysis ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
General Data ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

The combination of smart contracts with blockchain technology enables the authentication of the contract and limits the risks of non-compliance. In principle, smart contracts can be processed more efficiently compared to traditional paper-based contracts. However, current smart contracts have very limited capabilities with respect to normative representations, making them too distant from actual contracts. In order to reduce this gap, the paper presents an architectural analysis to see the role of computational artifacts in terms of various ex-ante and ex-post enforcement mechanisms. The proposed framework is assessed using scenarios concerning data-sharing operations bound by legal requirements from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data-sharing agreements.

scholarly journals Nanomaterials and Annelid Immunity: A Comparative Survey to Reveal the Common Stress and Defense Responses of Two Sentinel Species to Nanomaterials in the Environment

Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kornélia Bodó ◽  
Nicoló Baranzini ◽  
Rossana Girardello ◽  
Bohdana Kokhanyuk ◽  
Péter Németh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Corona ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Early Stress ◽  
Corona Formation ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Stress Signal ◽  
The Common

Earthworms and leeches are sentinel animals that represent the annelid phylum within terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, respectively. One early stress signal in these organisms is related to innate immunity, but how nanomaterials affect it is poorly characterized. In this survey, we compare the latest literature on earthworm and leeches with examples of their molecular/cellular responses to inorganic (silver nanoparticles) and organic (carbon nanotubes) nanomaterials. A special focus is placed on the role of annelid immunocytes in the evolutionarily conserved antioxidant and immune mechanisms and protein corona formation and probable endocytosis pathways involved in nanomaterial uptake. Our summary helps to realize why these environmental sentinels are beneficial to study the potential detrimental effects of nanomaterials.

scholarly journals Meiosis Progression and Recombination in Holocentric Plants: What Is Known?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo G. Hofstatter ◽  
Gokilavani Thangavel ◽  
Marco Castellani ◽  
André Marques
Keyword(s):  
Meiotic Recombination ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Holocentric Chromosomes ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Common ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Nuclear Processes

Differently from the common monocentric organization of eukaryotic chromosomes, the so-called holocentric chromosomes present many centromeric regions along their length. This chromosomal organization can be found in animal and plant lineages, whose distribution suggests that it has evolved independently several times. Holocentric chromosomes present an advantage: even broken chromosome parts can be correctly segregated upon cell division. However, the evolution of holocentricity brought about consequences to nuclear processes and several adaptations are necessary to cope with this new organization. Centromeres of monocentric chromosomes are involved in a two-step cohesion release during meiosis. To deal with that holocentric lineages developed different adaptations, like the chromosome remodeling strategy in Caenorhabditis elegans or the inverted meiosis in plants. Furthermore, the frequency of recombination at or around centromeres is normally very low and the presence of centromeric regions throughout the entire length of the chromosomes could potentially pose a problem for recombination in holocentric organisms. However, meiotic recombination happens, with exceptions, in those lineages in spite of their holocentric organization suggesting that the role of centromere as recombination suppressor might be altered in these lineages. Most of the available information about adaptations to meiosis in holocentric organisms is derived from the animal model C. elegans. As holocentricity evolved independently in different lineages, adaptations observed in C. elegans probably do not apply to other lineages and very limited research is available for holocentric plants. Currently, we still lack a holocentric model for plants, but good candidates may be found among Cyperaceae, a large angiosperm family. Besides holocentricity, chiasmatic and achiasmatic inverted meiosis are found in the family. Here, we introduce the main concepts of meiotic constraints and adaptations with special focus in meiosis progression and recombination in holocentric plants. Finally, we present the main challenges and perspectives for future research in the field of chromosome biology and meiosis in holocentric plants.

Food and Mediations

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Rupali Sehgal
Keyword(s):  
Food Culture ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Material Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Imaginary ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cultural Expressions ◽  
Multiple Intersections

The chapter attempts to look at food and its representation in media with a special focus on Punjab and its cuisine. The work locates important symbols pertaining to the food culture of Punjab in sites such as cookbooks and cinema, which interestingly mix traditional with contemporary representations of material life. The first section looks at the cultural expressions of Punjabi cuisine in cookbooks against the backdrop of the history of Punjab, its ancient ties, and cultural affiliations of the past. Questions of caste, gastro-ethnicity, and stereotyping are also examined. The second section attempts to review select Bollywood films in order to cast light onto the contemporary socio-cultural conceptions of Punjabi culture. The study concludes by observing the ways in which food emerges as a commodity spectacle through stories and ideas on the food of Punjab. The work is carried out in order to exemplify the role of food in the creation of a cultural imaginary and explore the subtle connection that food and food culture share with the multiple intersections of an individual's identity.

scholarly journals Introduction to “Out of the Shadows, Into the Limelight: Parliaments and Politicisation”

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Neuhold ◽  
Guri Rosén
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Thematic Issue ◽  
National Parliaments ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Common ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
The Eu

The Lisbon Treaty gave the European Parliament extensive new powers and its consent is now required for the vast majority of EU international agreements. At the same time, national parliaments—and even regional ones—are increasingly asserting their powers over areas of European governance that were traditionally dominated by the executive. Exerting influence and conducting oversight is time-consuming, however. Particularly at the EU-level parliaments cannot influence or scrutinise every policy dossier with equal rigour. A key factor directing parliamentary attention seems to be the ‘politicisation’ of an issue. In other words, the amount of contestation and attention given to a particular issue seems to affect parliamentary activity. This thematic issue seeks to assess <em>how</em> politicisation affects the role parliaments play within the system of EU governance. In particular, the contributions aim to answer the over-arching question of whether politicisation has an impact on how parliaments seek to influence policy-making and hold the EU executives to account. Furthermore, we raise the question of whether and how politicisation affects the role of parliaments as arenas for contestation and communication of different political interests. Jointly, the findings provide the empirical foundations for a more comprehensive debate regarding the democratic implications of politicisation. Politicisation puts pressure on parliaments to act, but parliamentarians themselves may also find it in their interest to instigate contestation. This thematic issue addresses these questions by shedding light on both the European Parliament and national parliaments and examines different policy-fields reaching from climate change and trade, to financial affairs and the Common Fisheries Policy.

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF FIGHTERS OF YUGOSLAVIA (1929–1935): IDEOLOGY - PRACTICE - OUTCOME

2019 ◽  
pp. 234-255
Author(s):  
VASILIJE DRAGOSAVLJEVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Special Focus ◽  
National Movement ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Political Groups

The paper aims to present the process of creation, i.e. organizational and ideological shaping of the veteran movement of the Association of Fighters of Yugoslavia (AFY, Serbian BOJ) and illuminate its role in the context of Yugoslav integrationist forces in the first half of the 1930s. A special focus will be placed on the adoption of ideological constructions of the Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists and contemporary French veteran movements. The paper also sheds light on the complex relations between AFY, the 6 January regime and contemporary, ideologically related political groups, and on the role of ideological conceptions of AFY in the creation of the ideology of the Yugoslav National Movement Zbor.

scholarly journals O Papel Atual das Escolas de Direito Ante as Mudanças Sociais e as Exigências Jurídicas do Mundo Pós-Moderno

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Geandré Nakano Ramiro ◽  
Suelyn Moraes Giordani
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Common ◽  
Democratic Rule ◽  
Education In Brazil

O PAPEL ATUAL DAS ESCOLAS DE DIREITO ANTE AS MUDANÇAS SOCIAIS E AS EXIGÊNCIAS JURÍDICAS DO MUNDO PÓS-MODERNO  THE CURRENT ROLE OF THE LAW SCHOOLS IN FRONT OF SOCIAL CHANGES AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSTMODERN WORLD  Marcus Geandré Nakano Ramiro*Suelyn Moraes Giordani**  RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta uma breve análise sobre a educação jurídica no Brasil, destacando as deficiências de suas Escolas de Direito ante as grandes mudanças sociais e as exigências jurídicas atuais. Demonstra ainda a necessidade do desenvolvimento conjunto dos enfoques zetético e dogmático do fenômeno jurídico como caminho para a compreensão do bem comum e consequente colaboração na consolidação do Estado Democrático de Direito. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Educação Jurídica. Cursos de Direito. Exigências Jurídicas Atuais. Enfoque Zetético. ABSTRACT: This article presents a brief analysis on legal education in Brazil, highlighting the deficiencies of its Law Schools in the face of major social changes and current legal requirements. It also demonstrates the need to jointly develop the zetetic and dogmatic approaches to the juridical phenomenon as a way to understand the common good and consequent collaboration in the consolidation of the Democratic Rule of Law. KEYWORDS: Legal Education. Law Courses. Current Legal Requirements. Zetetic Aproach. SUMÁRIO: Introdução. 1 As Deficiências Atuais das Escolas de Direito Brasileiras. 2 As Mudanças Sociais e as Exigências Jurídicas Atuais. 3 O Enfoque Zetético e Dogmático do Fenômeno Jurídico. 4 A Busca pelo Bem Comum como um dos Pressupostos à Consolidação do Estado Democrático de Direito. Considerações Finais. Referências.* Doutor e Mestre em Filosofia do Direito e do Estado pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Professor e Coordenador do Curso de Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR), campus Maringá. Conselheiro e Presidente da Comissão de Educação Jurídica da Subseção Maringá da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB/PR).** Bacharel em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR). 

scholarly journals Innovation in an Uncertain Economy

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (08) ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Erich Buergel
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Company ◽  
Integrate Data

The article discusses the role of people, processes, and platforms in the success of a company. Companies need to foster a synergistic operational view that transcends the common fixation on simply acquiring the latest technology platforms and expecting greater productivity. It is a matter of three dimensions: people, processes, and platforms. A pragmatic approach that balances people, processes, and platforms will transcend generation after generation of equipment and, for that matter, people and processes. People must operate the technology platforms, and they must be motivated to redirect their skills toward new tools and technologies. Processes, too, must be regarded differently—as a means to leverage not only higher feeds and speeds, but also to integrate data sharing, communication, and documentation. Achieving the right balance among people, processes, and platforms is necessary to drive business success.

The Prophet as Mentor: A Crucial Facet of the Biblical Presentations of Moses, Elijah, and Isaiah

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rickie Moore
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Church

AbstractContrary to the common stereotype of the ancient Israelite prophet as a ‘lone ranger’, the Old Testament yields a significant amount of evidence that prophets nurtured and were nurtured by supportive social groups within which attention is given particularly to mentoring relationships. This is brought to special focus and emphasis in the Elijah-Elisha materials, but it can also be found in the biblical presentations of other leading prophetic figures, especially Moses and Isaiah. This paper examines these materials for the insights they yield on the matter of the role of the Hebrew prophet as mentor. Some concluding reflections are offered as to how these insights can inform prophetic ministry in the church today.

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